Nephrostomy Tube: Care, Placement | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Overview

Your kidneys are part of your urinary system and work to produce urine. Normally, the urine that is produced flows from the kidneys into a tube called a ureter. The ureter connects your kidneys to your bladder. When enough urine has collected in your bladder, you feel the need to urinate. Urine passes from the bladder, through your urethra, and out of your body.

Sometimes there is a block in your urinary system and urine can’t flow as normal. Blockages can be caused by a number of things, including:

A nephrostomy tube is a catheter that’s inserted through your skin and into your kidney. The tube helps to drain urine from your body. Th...